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This book is the first to consider the intersection between mafia
power and deviant masonic lodges within the political sphere of the
contemporary Italian state. At its core, it offers an analysis of
the shifting interactions across powerful actors and the ways in
which they balance reciprocal obedience, and a unique insight into
the political processes where mafia actors and deviant lodges play
a significant role in the allocation of resources. Mafia, Deviant
Masons and Corruption draws on a wealth of literature from across
criminology and political science and a range of primary data
sources including judicial files indictments, arrest warrants,
intercepted materials and sentences for key cases, official
documentation from Parliamentary commissions and special committees
of inquiry, rituals of affiliation and codes of initiation, and
interviews with prosecutors, journalists and experts. In doing so
it redefines how we have come to understand the relationship
between mafias and power in Italy. It considers how criminal groups
are defined and enriched by a relational capital in shifty
environments where every actor assumes often a double nature: the
mafia boss acts as an entrepreneur; the entrepreneur acts as a
politician; the politician mixes with masons; a deviant mason
supports mafia organisations. This book is a major contribution to
the literature on mafias and organised crime across criminology,
sociology and political science, and will be of great interest to
students, researchers, scholars and engaged general readers.
This book presents an historical and sociological account of the
Italian mafia-type organisation known as the 'ndrangheta. It draws
together diverse perspectives on the various 'ndrangheta clans and
their behavioural models, focusing specifically on their
organisational skills, their bonds with Calabrian society and
Calabrian communities around the world, their mobility, and their
characterisation as poly-crime organisations. The authors
demonstrate that 'ndrangheta clans have an innovative way of being
and doing mafia work through a dense network of relationships both
in the 'upperworld' and in the 'underworld', a particularly acute
sense of business, a reputation built on the protection of blood
and family ties, and, last but not least, a symbiotic relationship
and camouflage within Calabrian society. By focusing on both the
structures and the activities of the clans and with findings based
on judicial documents, this book explores why the 'ndrangheta is
today labeled as "the most powerful Italian mafia". It will be of
great interest to upper-level students and scholars of organised
crime and sociology.
This book presents primary research conducted in Italy, USA,
Australia and the UK on countering strategies and institutional
perceptions of Italian mafias and local organized crime groups.
Through interviews and interpretation of original documents, this
study firstly demonstrates the interaction between institutional
understanding of the criminal threats and historical events that
have shaped these perceptions. Secondly, it combines analysis of
policies and criminal law provisions to identify how policing
models which combat mafia and organised crime activities are
organized and constructed in each country within a comparative
perspective. After presenting the similarities between the four
differing policing models, Sergi pushes the comparison further by
identifying both conceptual and procedural convergences and
divergences across both the four models and within international
frameworks. By looking at topics as varied as mafia mobility, money
laundering, drug networks and gang violence, this book ultimately
seeks to reconsider the conceptualizations of both mafia and
organized crime from a socio-behavioural and cultural perspective.
The 'ndrangheta - the Calabrian region of Italy's mafia - is one of
wealthiest and most powerful criminal organizations today. It is
considered Italy's most powerful mafia; it's not only the main
object of concern for anti-mafia units in Italy, but also for joint
investigative teams in Europe and beyond. Combining autobiography,
travel ethnography, memoir, academic rigour and investigative
journalism, this book provides a global outlook on the 'ndrangheta,
taking the reader to small villages and locations in Italy and
abroad to Australia, Canada, United States and Argentina.
This book is the first to consider the intersection between mafia
power and deviant masonic lodges within the political sphere of the
contemporary Italian state. At its core, it offers an analysis of
the shifting interactions across powerful actors and the ways in
which they balance reciprocal obedience, and a unique insight into
the political processes where mafia actors and deviant lodges play
a significant role in the allocation of resources. Mafia, Deviant
Masons and Corruption draws on a wealth of literature from across
criminology and political science and a range of primary data
sources including judicial files indictments, arrest warrants,
intercepted materials and sentences for key cases, official
documentation from Parliamentary commissions and special committees
of inquiry, rituals of affiliation and codes of initiation, and
interviews with prosecutors, journalists and experts. In doing so
it redefines how we have come to understand the relationship
between mafias and power in Italy. It considers how criminal groups
are defined and enriched by a relational capital in shifty
environments where every actor assumes often a double nature: the
mafia boss acts as an entrepreneur; the entrepreneur acts as a
politician; the politician mixes with masons; a deviant mason
supports mafia organisations. This book is a major contribution to
the literature on mafias and organised crime across criminology,
sociology and political science, and will be of great interest to
students, researchers, scholars and engaged general readers.
The 'ndrangheta - the Calabrian region of Italy's mafia - is one of
wealthiest and most powerful criminal organizations today. It is
considered Italy's most powerful mafia; it's not only the main
object of concern for anti-mafia units in Italy, but also for joint
investigative teams in Europe and beyond. Combining autobiography,
travel ethnography, memoir, academic rigour and investigative
journalism, this book provides a global outlook on the 'ndrangheta,
taking the reader to small villages and locations in Italy and
abroad to Australia, Canada, United States and Argentina.
Whilst corruption and organized crime have been widely researched,
they have not yet been specifically linked to sport. Corruption,
Mafia Power and Italian Soccer offers an original insight into this
new research area. Adopting a psycho-social approach based mainly
on Pierre Bourdieu's praxeology, the book demonstrates that
corruption and the mafia presence in Italian soccer reflect the
Italian socio-political and economic system itself. Supported by
interviews with security agency officials, anticorruption
organisations and antimafia organisations, and analysing empirical
data obtained from a case study of 'Operation Dirty Soccer', this
important study explains why mafia groups are involved in soccer,
what the links are to political corruption and what might be done
to control the problem. It also examines the mechanisms that make
it possible for mafia groups and affiliates to enter the football
industry and discusses how mafia groups exploit and corrupt Italian
football. This is important reading for undergraduate and
postgraduate students, researchers and academics working in the
areas of sociology, criminology, policing, anthropology, the
sociology of sport, sport deviance, sport management and organised
crime. It is also a valuable resource for practitioners in the
football industry.
Whilst corruption and organized crime have been widely researched,
they have not yet been specifically linked to sport. Corruption,
Mafia Power and Italian Soccer offers an original insight into this
new research area. Adopting a psycho-social approach based mainly
on Pierre Bourdieu's praxeology, the book demonstrates that
corruption and the mafia presence in Italian soccer reflect the
Italian socio-political and economic system itself. Supported by
interviews with security agency officials, anticorruption
organisations and antimafia organisations, and analysing empirical
data obtained from a case study of 'Operation Dirty Soccer', this
important study explains why mafia groups are involved in soccer,
what the links are to political corruption and what might be done
to control the problem. It also examines the mechanisms that make
it possible for mafia groups and affiliates to enter the football
industry and discusses how mafia groups exploit and corrupt Italian
football. This is important reading for undergraduate and
postgraduate students, researchers and academics working in the
areas of sociology, criminology, policing, anthropology, the
sociology of sport, sport deviance, sport management and organised
crime. It is also a valuable resource for practitioners in the
football industry.
Comprehensive, critical and accessible, Criminology: A Sociological
Introduction offers an authoritative overview of the study of
criminology, from early theoretical perspectives to pressing
contemporary issues such as the globalisation of crime, crimes
against the environment, terrorism and cybercrime. Authored by an
internationally renowned and experienced group of authors in the
Department of Sociology at the University of Essex, this is a truly
international criminology text that delves into areas that other
texts may only reference. It includes substantive chapters on the
following topics: * Histories of crime; * Theoretical approaches to
crime and the issue of social change; * Victims and victimisation;
* Crime, emotion and social psychology; * Drugs, alcohol, health
and crime; * Criminal justice and the sociology of punishment; *
Green criminology; * Crime and the media; * Terrorism, state crime
and human rights. The new edition fuses global perspectives in
criminology from the contexts of post-Brexit Britain and America in
the age of Trump, and from the Global South. It contains new
chapters on cybercrime; crimes of the powerful; organised crime;
life-course approaches to understanding delinquency and desistance;
and futures of crime, control and criminology. Each chapter
includes a series of critical thinking questions, suggestions for
further study and a list of useful websites and resources. The book
also contains a glossary of the criminological terms and concepts
used in the book. It is the perfect text for students looking for a
broad, critical and international introduction to criminology, and
it is essential reading for those looking to expand their
'criminological imagination'.
This book presents an historical and sociological account of the
Italian mafia-type organisation known as the 'ndrangheta. It draws
together diverse perspectives on the various 'ndrangheta clans and
their behavioural models, focusing specifically on their
organisational skills, their bonds with Calabrian society and
Calabrian communities around the world, their mobility, and their
characterisation as poly-crime organisations. The authors
demonstrate that 'ndrangheta clans have an innovative way of being
and doing mafia work through a dense network of relationships both
in the 'upperworld' and in the 'underworld', a particularly acute
sense of business, a reputation built on the protection of blood
and family ties, and, last but not least, a symbiotic relationship
and camouflage within Calabrian society. By focusing on both the
structures and the activities of the clans and with findings based
on judicial documents, this book explores why the 'ndrangheta is
today labeled as "the most powerful Italian mafia". It will be of
great interest to upper-level students and scholars of organised
crime and sociology.
This book presents primary research conducted in Italy, USA,
Australia and the UK on countering strategies and institutional
perceptions of Italian mafias and local organized crime groups.
Through interviews and interpretation of original documents, this
study firstly demonstrates the interaction between institutional
understanding of the criminal threats and historical events that
have shaped these perceptions. Secondly, it combines analysis of
policies and criminal law provisions to identify how policing
models which combat mafia and organised crime activities are
organized and constructed in each country within a comparative
perspective. After presenting the similarities between the four
differing policing models, Sergi pushes the comparison further by
identifying both conceptual and procedural convergences and
divergences across both the four models and within international
frameworks. By looking at topics as varied as mafia mobility, money
laundering, drug networks and gang violence, this book ultimately
seeks to reconsider the conceptualizations of both mafia and
organized crime from a socio-behavioural and cultural perspective.
Comprehensive, critical and accessible, Criminology: A Sociological
Introduction offers an authoritative overview of the study of
criminology, from early theoretical perspectives to pressing
contemporary issues such as the globalisation of crime, crimes
against the environment, terrorism and cybercrime. Authored by an
internationally renowned and experienced group of authors in the
Department of Sociology at the University of Essex, this is a truly
international criminology text that delves into areas that other
texts may only reference. It includes substantive chapters on the
following topics: * Histories of crime; * Theoretical approaches to
crime and the issue of social change; * Victims and victimisation;
* Crime, emotion and social psychology; * Drugs, alcohol, health
and crime; * Criminal justice and the sociology of punishment; *
Green criminology; * Crime and the media; * Terrorism, state crime
and human rights. The new edition fuses global perspectives in
criminology from the contexts of post-Brexit Britain and America in
the age of Trump, and from the Global South. It contains new
chapters on cybercrime; crimes of the powerful; organised crime;
life-course approaches to understanding delinquency and desistance;
and futures of crime, control and criminology. Each chapter
includes a series of critical thinking questions, suggestions for
further study and a list of useful websites and resources. The book
also contains a glossary of the criminological terms and concepts
used in the book. It is the perfect text for students looking for a
broad, critical and international introduction to criminology, and
it is essential reading for those looking to expand their
'criminological imagination'.
The COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit and the US-China trade dispute have
heightened interest in the geopolitics and security of modern
ports. Ports are where contemporary societal dilemmas converge: the
(de)regulation of international flows; the (in)visible impact of
globalization; the perennial tension between trade and security;
and the thin line between legitimate, illicit and illegal. Applying
a multidisciplinary lens to the political economy of port security,
this book presents a unique outlook on the social, economic and
political factors that shape organized crime and governance.
Advancing the research agenda, this text bridges the divide between
global and local, and theory and practice.
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